If you take everything away from me,
What's left, am I a worthy man?
If I lose all the bits and pieces that I've found, could I, still hope to stand?
If I shaved off this beard, and never played music again,
Would anybody notice or care?
Have I done what I could, to bridge this gap,
Or have I broken the heart, that I sought to share?
Chorus
Have I moved an inch from the Start?
Is there any more light in the Dark?
Am I more than just the sum of my parts?
Have I given enough of my heart?
Well, I'll place my value in my friends,
You know you can trust your heart in those worthy hands,
Someone to walk beside you as the mad path wends,
Or sit and watch as the damn thing ends.
Chorus
If art is distillation of pain,
I hope my Joy Compactor's fanned your spark into a flame.
I pray that when I'm gone, you'll not forget my name.
And so I ask you to sing with one last refrain.
Yada da da da dai
When this will end for me? I want my roots to grow deep.
credits
from A Song In My Pocket,
released March 22, 2018
Addition Backing Vocals by Aaron J. Shay, Bellow.Wing, Marcy Laviollette and all my friends at Square One
Absolutely unique arrangements of beautifully honest songs. There's a gentle, sweet tension between the acoustic and the digital, with Boekbinder's voice and words sewing all of the pieces together. Aaron J. Shay (he/him)
The music warrior continues her fight for revolution, freedom and critical thought, Erica continues her wondrous works from famous ideologues resulting in musical poetry for the senses. silverwarrior
I like the original by the Bunnymen, but yours is better, and more grand, with mild undertones of the Moody Blues. Nice. I'm also mad about your whistle version of Orville Peck's fascinating song. Nice collection. silverwarrior